Note that LaGuardia does not have a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility. They only have international fights from foreign airports with preclearance facilities.
False. LGA has a small CBP office and offers screenings to GA aircraft. They do not have a facility in terminals, and thus are not available to scheduled flights.
@afcgeo I didn't know that they had that on Saturdays. I've thought that in general, going at least as far back as the 1970s, LGA is mostly domesric US flights and JFK is mostly international flights, but has a small amount of domestic too. But most domestic is out of LGA, it's why most people coming from elsewhere in the US fly to LGA unless they're stopping over to make an international connection. Many other cities have a good mixture of domestic and international at their main airport, such as Chicago O'Hare or LAX. But New York and Washington DC are the two cities which have one mainly domestic and then one mainly international airport, DC's being Reagon National and Dulles
"No airport is immune to disasters" *laughing in Berlin Brandenburg Airport... The secret is building the airport but not opening it for nearly 10 years
More "New-erk" with hardly a hesitation between the 2 syllables than single syllable "Nork". And yes, Newark, DE is pronounced "New Ark", but no one would know or care except the University of Delaware is located in Newark, DE.
EWR is usually the more accessible airport to people living outside NYC because you don’t have to cross the Verazano and go down the jam-packed Belt Pkwy. However, whether it’s worth going to EWR or JFK depends on the price and availability of flights, so both airports are equally as busy.
Here's a great story about JFK. A few years ago my wife was traveling home via JFK on American and left her laptop back in the ladies restroom. She didn't notice until she was almost on the plane and rushed back to find it gone. As her flight was leaving she had no choice but to head home without it. That evening I called American Airline security at Terminal one and not only did they answer the phone immediately but they managed to find her lost bag and were extremely helpful in getting it back to us. They were fantastic and I wish every airport had people like the wonderful ones at American at JFK!
Unfortunately, that is the only time I have ever heard American be helpful towards their customers. I'm sure there are plenty of great people working there tho!
@@scottydude456 Frankly I've had few customer support issues ever that have been dealt with so quickly and politely. It wasn't just a good experience but a great one. I should also thank the unknown person who turned the bag in as well.
I arrived at JFK from a flight from California and mistakenly left my Bose headphones in the seatback pouch. I realized this once I reached baggage claim. I was told the cabin crew went to look for them but no luck. Hmm....
@@brmnyc The cleaners could have already removed them. Usually the cleaning crew goes in almost immediately after the passengers depart. Or they could have been missed and not found until a few flights down the line.
Two things of note about Newark: They were also the departure airport for United Airlines Flight 93 on September 11th. This is the flight that crashed in Pennsylvania and although only 44 people died, it is probably a more notable tragedy. On a lighter note, Newark is also a much larger base for non-NYC travel. No one who lives outside of the five boroughs or is just visiting NYC would ever use either of those airports willingly because NYC traffic is a nightmare.
@@azan-183 I live in DC! I have to admit I have lots of hate for Iad/Dca as DCA traffic it insane luckily there renovation is going to be done around july while Dulles has barely any shops for anyone dropping people off..
Loving the short airport documentaries. I know it is not specifically about the airports themselves, the complicated ATC coordination of the 3 NYC airports is very interesting.
Interesting that in the conclusion of this video you mentioned the Steinway family's connection with the land that eventually became LaGuardia Airport. The Steinway piano factory is still to this day located just a few blocks west of the field, not far from the end of Runway 4.
Great video! Could you do one about Chicago's Interstates? I'm a highway enthusiast and would love to learn about the local freeways and what purposes each one serves
@@AgathaLOutahere Only standing room on NJ Transit, no luggage space. As EWR is in Joizey the Uber, Lyft, and taxi fare from New York is almost triple!!! Who goes to Newark Penn Station other than horrible vagrants and criminals???? Newark airport is inhabited by awful smelly people from Joizey. Nice people stay in New York's airports!
Not sure about the first comment about getting to LGA via public transportation being easy. Perhaps when a train link is built it will be. But when you compare it to getting anywhere in NYC then, yes it could be said that it is realtively easy.
If you're going to/from Manhattan, Newark is by far the most convenient. You can be from terminal to Penn Station in 45 minutes or less if you time it right. Newark is also most convenient for upstate NY and Connecticut as you can bypass NYC altogether. JFK is more convenient for Brooklyn and outer Long Island. LGA is most convenient for Queens and the Bronx.
LaGuardia works perfectly fine for what it was designed for. You can check your luggage, board a flight, and jet away to your desired location. What's changed is our expectations of what an airport should be. We now expect airports to be shopping malls and day spa's.
Except most of the time your luggage gets lost, you can't board your flight because it's delayed due to poor design, and miss your connecting flight. Also airports being shopping malls isn't because we've become more accustomed to it, it's because airports make money that way, which in turn leads to reinvestment and better service and smoother flight operations with less delays. It's not a 'sometimes the old ways are best' things, it's a 'bougie airports are functionally better airports'.
@@anthonydpearson To say that most of the time your luggage gets lost at LaGuardia is a ridiculous exaggeration. As for actual flight operations, very little can be done to improve that at LGA - the airport has only 2 runways, intersecting at 90 degrees, and no room to build another.
@@syramento You're wrong. The new LGA is VASTLY better because they built a giant overpass for pedestrians to the new terminals, which allows planes to travel underneath. This reduces traffic on the tarmac, leading to less delays and much smoother operations and OTP, since what was effectively a one way road before now gives planes a second route to get to the gate. And all this was funded with the money from the new shopping malls in the new airport that you deride.
@@anthonydpearson LaGuardia has always had 2 or more taxiways to the runways except for runway 22, which only has taxiway R for a full-length departure. Runway 13 has taxiways P & G (plus more if the aircraft cross 4-22 further down), runway 4 has B & AA, and runway 31 has A & B. Of course, the more taxiways the more places to park aircraft that can't get to the gate for some reason (usually because the gate is occupied), making life easier for the Tower. The real problem is the lack of parallel runways. LaGuardia's most efficient operation is departing runway 13 with all climb-outs while landing runway 22. In that configuration both arriving and departing aircraft have the shortest travel distance to the runway intersection, which allows for a tighter operation. By contrast, when departing runway 31, runway 22 arrivals have to be spaced further apart to allow room for departures in-between arrivals. Departing runway 4 while landing runway 31 has room to fudge spacing because the arrivals have a lot of runway before reaching the intersection, but in that configuration the Expressway Approach is usually being used. The Expressway Approach is the most challenging for the Tower because of the need to control the pattern. The other dual-runway operations fall in-between what I've already mentioned in terms of operation efficiency. The least efficient operation is whenever the airport has to operate off a single runway (such as high winds or runway closure for de-rubberizing). Departures have to be squeezed out between arrival on the same strip, naturally delaying departures because arrivals always the right-of-way. There is a reason flight operations are slot-controlled at LaGuardia. There is a limit to how many airplanes can be safely moved per hour with the limited runways, and the airport operates right up to that limit most hours of the day (excepting 11 pm to 7 am). All it takes is one hiccup to throw the operation into delay hell, regardless of the available taxiways or pedestrian walkways.
@@anthonydpearson thats awesome stuff More airports around the world need to adopt this Worst thing is your plane arrives in one terminal but u have to get to the farthest terminal for the connecting one while getting your luggage
Thanks for this video! I was looking for videos about La Guardia's renovations when I cam across your video after watching James Asquith's video regarding the same topic! Amazing! Good luck on your next video, by the way!
The November 12, 2001 crash was so close to the 9/11 attacks that to this day some locals believe it was a terrorist attack. Great video by the way, I'm glad I found this channel. I have a video recommendation: Boston College vs Boston University (and Northeastern is also very comparable to those two)
@@kyb3709 Per the NTSB report, the blame lay not with the FO, but with AA, which trained its pilots to use (overly) aggressive rudder inputs to counteract wake turbulence on the A300. I think they also placed a bit of blame on Airbus for leaving too much to the airlines vis-à-vis training on the type, but I may be misremembering that.
Don’t forget that Newark was also part of the 9/11 attacks with one united airlines flight that never made it to it destination and La Guardia also had US airways flight 1549 that miraculously everyone survived and landed at the Hudson River
I'm surprised that I didn't hear any mention of LaGuardia's days as a marine terminal for Pan Am's flying boats of the 1930's. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_314_Clipper
A couple of things. Newark is also popular because it is cheaper to fly from going to the same destination. The lower airport taxes trickle down to the ticket price. JetBlue has its main hub at JFK as well. JFK was tied in the customer satisfaction survey for 4th place and I like that airport the most out of the 3.
It’s weird how he didn’t mention TWA 800, which exploded after takeoff from JFK in July of 1996, heading to Paris. As a 10-year-old, I remember seeing TV footage of that when it happened.
TWA 800 (and also the EgyptAir 767) crashed much farther away from the airport than the flights mentioned at the end of the video. For whatever reasons, they are not usually associated with the airport itself.
@@johannesbols57 Only close in terms of time, at jet speeds (or at least at 250 knots most of the way). TWA 800 was well into its' enroute climb, and that portion of a flight is not usually associated with the airport, nor did the airport have anything to do with the crash. The area where it went down was nearly 70 miles from JFK.
JFK has a number of notable incident besides TWA 800 and EgyptAir 990, their was also Swiss Air flight SR 111 in 1998 which is an MD 11 that suffered an in-flight fire which nose dive on Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia with the lost of 229 passengers and crew, is another infamous flight that departed from JFK. Their are also arrivals like the 1960 New York Mid-air collision between a United DC-8 inbound to Idelwild Airport (JFK name at the time) and a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation bound for LaGuardia with 134 fatalities from both collisions and 6 on the ground, another is Eastern Airlines flight 66 in 1975 a Boeing 727 which crash on approach to runway 22 due to Microburst with 113 fatalitie and 11 survivors, which was investigated by the NTSB and Meteorologists most notably Ted Fujita which crated the F scale for tornado rating and help raise the awareness of Microburst and its dangers to low flying planes. The last crash I know of was and Avianca flight 52 a Boeing 707-321B the crash at Cove Neck, Long Island which after suffering a fuel starvation after doing a missed approach to JFK with 73 fatalities and 85 survivors from both crew and passengers in 1990.
You failed to mention that NJT connects Newark Penn and NY Penn station to Newark Airport. US 1&9, US 22, and NJ 21 also highways that directly serve Newark airport.
1:23 You forgot something more about accessing to the airports. US 1-9 have an interchange connecting to all 3 terminals of EWR. The Belt Pkwy passes by JFK.
LaGuardia is a newly recent renovated airport and now looks very modern. Terminal b and c look very modern. I think LaGuardia is the best out of those three.
The new renovation of the new terminals are a success, but the flights are still regional. If I were in NYC, I'd rather use LGA for domestic and nearby internatio al flights. As for long distance, JFK and EWR are both world class, but JFK is my best pick. Lastly, I can't pick Newark, even though they already made tbe new Terminal A that replaces the old one which is a nice change for EWR.
2:21 jeez that angle made it look like that uniteds horizontal stabilizer has a winglet. Now that i have that imagine engraved in my head i cant stop thinking of how weird that would look on both stabilizers and the wings LOL
Having been to all 3, I can appreciate how clean and modern EWR is. Every seat has a little touchscreen for games, internet, and ordering food.... all for a cost. But for such a massive airport, food options are terrible. When you walk through the terminal, you see..bar...bar...liquor store...bar...liquor store...bar...bar, hudson. I walked around for an hour and could not find something as simple as a coffee, not to mention anything resembling fast food (ie pizza, chinese, burgers, etc). Its too bad, because EWR has the most pleasant, and simple trip into NYC. But when I have a layover for anything more then 2 hours, I'll leave and to get something to eat
I’m a native New Yorker who resides in the garden state I despise going to the big Apple , when there’s an airport right here basically in my backyard‼️🤷🏽♂️
I don't know how LaGuardia got the 'first new U.S. airport in 25 years' statistic, but it is entirely not true. They are claiming that they are the first new airport in the united states since Denver International airport opened in the 90s, which is untrue for three reasons a. The new LaGuardia is not entirely new, it is just a rebuilt terminal, using existing runways and terminal A is staying As is. Whereas Denver was built from scratch where there was no airport before. b. If that is the definition of 'New airport' then The completely new terminal at New Orleans's airport, which opened last year, would be the airport LaGuardia would be the first new airport since. c. Even if LaGuardia was being built from scratch, the Last one was not Denver. In 2009, Panama City, FL opened a new airport where there was none before, and likewise in 2015, in Williston, North Dakota.
@Ron D Panama city, FL opened a completely new airport in 2010, and Williston, ND, did similarly in 2019. Auston Bergrstrom was also not completely new, because it was on the site of a former Air Force Base.
@Ron D An airport is any place to operate airplanes. Any AFB that has runways is an airport, by any definition. A Military airport, to be sure, and perhaps not available to non military airplanes except in emergencies, but an airport nonetheless. Commercial service has nothing to do with whether a site is or is not an airport. If the former Bergstrom AFB was demilitarized and became a commercial airport, that does not make it a NEW airport, except in the sense of new service. The infrastructure was already there, for the most part. At best, it would be in the category of the new LGA - ie, a new terminal.
@@quanbrooklynkid7776 They got a lot of startup funding and tax breaks to setup a hub at JFK because for domestic flights, people favored LGA (for some reason) and JFK was only being used for long haul (West Coast) and International, so the state encouraged a LCC startup to create a hub at JFK so people would start using it more (this was before a lot of the Terminal renovation at the AA and DL terminals, the airport was suffering from a 1960s design, jetBlue used the old TWA terminal and the old IM Pei National Airline terminal before they created Terminal 5 around the old TWA shell). Also, part of the tax deal was that jetBlue had to have jet flights to Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Albany to connect to the JFK hub to restore lost her service over the years. I also think they included Burlington, VT in that so that people from Plattsburgh, NY could use it.
LaGuardia doesn’t have that weird circular thing anymore and old looking buildings and dark lighted placed and low ceilings with very dirty floors. Now as of 2022 LaGuardia is bright very clean open spaces modern Lounges easy to navigate indoor trees open spaces and has many shopping spaces and a huge water feature. The airport even won a unesco award.
The first commercial airport in NYC was, in fact, Floyd Bennet Field, not LaGuardia. It was opened to commercial traffic on May 23, 1931. American Airlines operated out of Floyd Bennett until LGA was built in 1939.
Hizzoner Fiorello himself pulled the stunt that led to the development of LGA. He was traveling to "New York" (using, of course, Newark airport), and when he arrived he refused to deplane, declaring that his ticket read "New York". This was factually true, since the airlines considered EWR to be the airport for NY (which it was). But hizzoner had already alerted the press ahead of time, and the airline ( I think it was TWA) decided to fly him over to Floyd Bennet, which at that time was actually a military field in Brooklyn. This stunt got the publicity ball rolling and the rest is history!
@@anthonyvallillo422 You’re partially correct. This happened in 1934 and he ended up flying into Floyd Bennett after Newark, but Floyd Bennett was a municipal airport at the time. It only became a Naval Air Station on June 2, 1941.
newark is easy to drive to at least. It's a quick 10-15 minute drive for me. Traffic is always, always worse going to La Guardia or JFK, even on their slow days.
La Guardia was once regarded as the Spirit airlines of airports. I've used it for 5 consecutive years and OMG what a fucking nightmare. At least it's upgraded now.
I have been through both Newark and LaGuardia fairly recently. I can honestly say that both are quite improved with more change to come. And big changes are coming to JFK too. It’s about time!
Back in the 2000s my parents went on a flight to Santiago de Los Caballeros (also in the Dominican Republic) and the American Airlines plane was struggling to go up because of the weight of luggage, I’m so glad they didn’t crash!
3:00 LGA is a disaster! Too many traffic jams to make it to your flight. I avoid it like the plague. Best is Newark. Unless you live in Queens or Long Island, Newark is the easiest airport to get to.
I flew from LaGuardia to Melbourne Florida via a stop in Atlanta. LaGuardia was very kind... especially for those who came in early. For the eary travel people (Like me Received blankets from Delta)... To get warm and comfy.
As a Newark native, most people don't realize that its easier to get to the city from Newark because the Belt and the Van Wyck are parking lots. A much smaller parking lot would be one of the tunnels or the GWB. Or if you're rich, just go to Teterboro and avoid the madness altogether.🤦🏾♂️🤣
I'd love to see an update now that LGA's update is just about finished and JFK's is well underway. I wonder how the new facilities will compare to each other as well as nationally and worldwide.
I worked at all three airports during the 1970’s and 80’s,got laid off at EWR and went to JFK. living in Jersey and commuting every day really wears you out. I was there for the blackout, the Eastern 727 crash and the LH theft that was on the movie Goodfellows. At LGA which was in 80’s nothing really happened but at lease I could say I worked at all three airports, the bad part was hours it cost me and the tax from NYC. I was laid off 7 times in my 34 year career at United but wouldn’t change a thing, from 1969 to 2003.
Just remember one thing, before ALL the commercial airports came to town, NEWARK airport was the FIRST commercial airport in the world, and has been in the biz way before any of the rest were built, including JFK and LAG. The OG Commercial Airport: NEWARK LIBERTY
@Jim Allen No. There never were any. The only commercial flights that happen between the three are repositioning flights, but they have no passengers. EWR to PHL, and LGA to PHL was thing though, pre-pandemic. Different city pairs.
An amusing fun fact, JFK is home to the worlds single busisiest flight path, JFK-HEA. It’s why the Concordes were based out of JFK, it’s a business heavy well trafficked flight
JFK is the world’s 20th busiest by passenger movement, but the busiest in the world by aircraft movements. LGA is the 21st busiest in the United States.
Thanks for watching! I just posted a new video comparing Miami's airports - check it out: ua-cam.com/video/XDUvzyG4tCE/v-deo.html
Note that LaGuardia does not have a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility. They only have international fights from foreign airports with preclearance facilities.
Facts. I learnt that's cause of the perimeter law. Interesting stuff look it up but you probably already know.
False. LGA has a small CBP office and offers screenings to GA aircraft. They do not have a facility in terminals, and thus are not available to scheduled flights.
@@afcgeo882 they could have flights to Dublin & shannon
@@skylineXpert They could, if the distance limit was taken away. Flights from LGA can only be up to 1,500 miles except on Saturdays.
@afcgeo I didn't know that they had that on Saturdays. I've thought that in general, going at least as far back as the 1970s, LGA is mostly domesric US flights and JFK is mostly international flights, but has a small amount of domestic too. But most domestic is out of LGA, it's why most people coming from elsewhere in the US fly to LGA unless they're stopping over to make an international connection. Many other cities have a good mixture of domestic and international at their main airport, such as Chicago O'Hare or LAX. But New York and Washington DC are the two cities which have one mainly domestic and then one mainly international airport, DC's being Reagon National and Dulles
"No airport is immune to disasters"
*laughing in Berlin Brandenburg Airport... The secret is building the airport but not opening it for nearly 10 years
It is open now
@@Sedna063 i know it is, 8 years after it was finished
"No airport is immune to disasters" ...unless the airport itself is the disaster.
@@Sedna063 ua-cam.com/video/bPirvZzGFBE/v-deo.html
The new BER Airport replaced SXF and TXL Airports in 2020 and is now the only commercial airport serving Berlin.
Other people: Newark
Newark residents: Nork
Hahahahahahahahaha!!!! Facts!!!
Absolutely. New-ark is in Delaware. 😂😂😂✊🏽✊🏽💯
More "New-erk" with hardly a hesitation between the 2 syllables than single syllable "Nork". And yes, Newark, DE is pronounced "New Ark", but no one would know or care except the University of Delaware is located in Newark, DE.
I say Newark I'm from here at work at EWR
@@GD1082 no one would say ‘nork’ about newark delaware
Picking a favorite airport in New York seems to be roughly equivalent to picking a favorite circle of Hell.
Oh, I much prefer JFK over LaGuardia.
@@mikemontgomery2654 ur bugging my son jfk dog shit takes mad long to get there
@@mikemontgomery2654 I’ve only been to jfk and newark and the former by far the most jfk was nice for me Newark was horseshit totally outdated
Newark is the best. The new terminal is good looking and it is opening later this year.
LaGuardia was renovated. It's pretty nice nowadays
EWR is usually the more accessible airport to people living outside NYC because you don’t have to cross the Verazano and go down the jam-packed Belt Pkwy. However, whether it’s worth going to EWR or JFK depends on the price and availability of flights, so both airports are equally as busy.
Here's a great story about JFK. A few years ago my wife was traveling home via JFK on American and left her laptop back in the ladies restroom. She didn't notice until she was almost on the plane and rushed back to find it gone. As her flight was leaving she had no choice but to head home without it. That evening I called American Airline security at Terminal one and not only did they answer the phone immediately but they managed to find her lost bag and were extremely helpful in getting it back to us. They were fantastic and I wish every airport had people like the wonderful ones at American at JFK!
Unfortunately, that is the only time I have ever heard American be helpful towards their customers. I'm sure there are plenty of great people working there tho!
@@scottydude456 Frankly I've had few customer support issues ever that have been dealt with so quickly and politely. It wasn't just a good experience but a great one. I should also thank the unknown person who turned the bag in as well.
I arrived at JFK from a flight from California and mistakenly left my Bose headphones in the seatback pouch. I realized this once I reached baggage claim. I was told the cabin crew went to look for them but no luck. Hmm....
@@brmnyc The cleaners could have already removed them. Usually the cleaning crew goes in almost immediately after the passengers depart. Or they could have been missed and not found until a few flights down the line.
@@solracer66 Wait where did you fly to from JFK?
Two things of note about Newark: They were also the departure airport for United Airlines Flight 93 on September 11th. This is the flight that crashed in Pennsylvania and although only 44 people died, it is probably a more notable tragedy. On a lighter note, Newark is also a much larger base for non-NYC travel. No one who lives outside of the five boroughs or is just visiting NYC would ever use either of those airports willingly because NYC traffic is a nightmare.
Debatable
If your destination is Staten Island is EWR easier than JFK?
@@johannesbols57 Yes Staten Island is much closer to EWR than the rest
It’s also the crash sight of FedEx 14
Interesting! You should do BWI-DCA-IAD
Good idea!
@@ChicagoGeographer What about the DFW/DAL and IAH/HOU ones?
I would love to see this! Literally, all of the DC airports were next to each other in the ratings. I'm really proud of Dulles edging out National!
Or maybe LAZ SNA BUR ONT LGB
@@azan-183 I live in DC! I have to admit I have lots of hate for Iad/Dca as DCA traffic it insane luckily there renovation is going to be done around july while Dulles has barely any shops for anyone dropping people off..
would have been interesting to include how they coordinate approaches into the three airports!
Approaches/departures involving JFK are concentrated to the east and south of the metro area...LGA is more towards the north and west as are EWR's.
Loving the short airport documentaries. I know it is not specifically about the airports themselves, the complicated ATC coordination of the 3 NYC airports is very interesting.
JFK also where TWA 800 took off, LGA is where the Miracle on the Hudson took off, and Newark is where United 93 took off on September 11, 2001.
Interesting that in the conclusion of this video you mentioned the Steinway family's connection with the land that eventually became LaGuardia Airport. The Steinway piano factory is still to this day located just a few blocks west of the field, not far from the end of Runway 4.
As is their Mansion.
Good things come in threes! Try SFO-OAK-SJC, the San Francisco Bay Area
And for good measure you can add STS
@@austinbludau3632 Brilliant to Watch videos of Airports, But theres other Airports out there
Great video! Could you do one about Chicago's Interstates? I'm a highway enthusiast and would love to learn about the local freeways and what purposes each one serves
LaGuardia: No flight can land at us from over 1500 miles away
Also LaGuardia: Eh on Saturdays, do what you want
Why is the 1500 rule a thing?
It’s also a thing and Reagan
@@Ryan-719 I dont think it is. I live in NY and everytime i go to California i fly out of LGA.
@@6z0 Nonstop? On what airline?
@@brmnyc idk if it was non stop but i flew american from lga to lax then lga to burbank the other time
Newark's relatively easy transit connection to Manhattan is a big plus
Not true!!!!!
@@stuartlee6622 Why? NJ Transit or Path from Newark Penn Station.
@@AgathaLOutahere Only standing room on NJ Transit, no luggage space. As EWR is in Joizey the Uber, Lyft, and taxi fare from New York is almost triple!!!
Who goes to Newark Penn Station other than horrible vagrants and criminals????
Newark airport is inhabited by awful smelly people from Joizey.
Nice people stay in New York's airports!
Literally no one in New York ever refers to the highway that goes the JFK as Interstate 678, it's the Van Wyck Expressway.
Right but for map and direction purposes you use the official interstate number. Plus this vid is not geared to locals.
Even on Seinfeld they referred to it as the Van Wyck
You drive your car into Newark, it's a loop. Drive into LaGuardia, it's a loop. Drive into Kennedy, it's a plate of spaghetti.
Not sure about the first comment about getting to LGA via public transportation being easy. Perhaps when a train link is built it will be. But when you compare it to getting anywhere in NYC then, yes it could be said that it is realtively easy.
JFK was famous for its Mid Century Modern terminals in the 1960s. Some beautiful architecture.
Don't forget the TWA Hotel which used to be a terminal between 1962 and 2001.
I always call Newark "New-Work" because there is always somethin goin on. Whilst the residents call is "Nork"
If you're going to/from Manhattan, Newark is by far the most convenient. You can be from terminal to Penn Station in 45 minutes or less if you time it right. Newark is also most convenient for upstate NY and Connecticut as you can bypass NYC altogether. JFK is more convenient for Brooklyn and outer Long Island. LGA is most convenient for Queens and the Bronx.
LaGuardia works perfectly fine for what it was designed for. You can check your luggage, board a flight, and jet away to your desired location. What's changed is our expectations of what an airport should be. We now expect airports to be shopping malls and day spa's.
Except most of the time your luggage gets lost, you can't board your flight because it's delayed due to poor design, and miss your connecting flight. Also airports being shopping malls isn't because we've become more accustomed to it, it's because airports make money that way, which in turn leads to reinvestment and better service and smoother flight operations with less delays. It's not a 'sometimes the old ways are best' things, it's a 'bougie airports are functionally better airports'.
@@anthonydpearson To say that most of the time your luggage gets lost at LaGuardia is a ridiculous exaggeration. As for actual flight operations, very little can be done to improve that at LGA - the airport has only 2 runways, intersecting at 90 degrees, and no room to build another.
@@syramento You're wrong. The new LGA is VASTLY better because they built a giant overpass for pedestrians to the new terminals, which allows planes to travel underneath. This reduces traffic on the tarmac, leading to less delays and much smoother operations and OTP, since what was effectively a one way road before now gives planes a second route to get to the gate. And all this was funded with the money from the new shopping malls in the new airport that you deride.
@@anthonydpearson LaGuardia has always had 2 or more taxiways to the runways except for runway 22, which only has taxiway R for a full-length departure. Runway 13 has taxiways P & G (plus more if the aircraft cross 4-22 further down), runway 4 has B & AA, and runway 31 has A & B. Of course, the more taxiways the more places to park aircraft that can't get to the gate for some reason (usually because the gate is occupied), making life easier for the Tower.
The real problem is the lack of parallel runways. LaGuardia's most efficient operation is departing runway 13 with all climb-outs while landing runway 22. In that configuration both arriving and departing aircraft have the shortest travel distance to the runway intersection, which allows for a tighter operation. By contrast, when departing runway 31, runway 22 arrivals have to be spaced further apart to allow room for departures in-between arrivals.
Departing runway 4 while landing runway 31 has room to fudge spacing because the arrivals have a lot of runway before reaching the intersection, but in that configuration the Expressway Approach is usually being used. The Expressway Approach is the most challenging for the Tower because of the need to control the pattern.
The other dual-runway operations fall in-between what I've already mentioned in terms of operation efficiency.
The least efficient operation is whenever the airport has to operate off a single runway (such as high winds or runway closure for de-rubberizing). Departures have to be squeezed out between arrival on the same strip, naturally delaying departures because arrivals always the right-of-way.
There is a reason flight operations are slot-controlled at LaGuardia. There is a limit to how many airplanes can be safely moved per hour with the limited runways, and the airport operates right up to that limit most hours of the day (excepting 11 pm to 7 am). All it takes is one hiccup to throw the operation into delay hell, regardless of the available taxiways or pedestrian walkways.
@@anthonydpearson thats awesome stuff
More airports around the world need to adopt this
Worst thing is your plane arrives in one terminal but u have to get to the farthest terminal for the connecting one while getting your luggage
Thanks for this video! I was looking for videos about La Guardia's renovations when I cam across your video after watching James Asquith's video regarding the same topic! Amazing!
Good luck on your next video, by the way!
The November 12, 2001 crash was so close to the 9/11 attacks that to this day some locals believe it was a terrorist attack.
Great video by the way, I'm glad I found this channel. I have a video recommendation: Boston College vs Boston University (and Northeastern is also very comparable to those two)
Thanks! Yeah that would be an interesting comparison
Isn’t that the a300 that got its vertical stabilizer rickrolled by aggressive movements in response to 747 wake turbulence
@@AA-tz2bm yes it is, that AA flight where the pilot abused the hell outta the rudder then...KO
@@kyb3709 Per the NTSB report, the blame lay not with the FO, but with AA, which trained its pilots to use (overly) aggressive rudder inputs to counteract wake turbulence on the A300. I think they also placed a bit of blame on Airbus for leaving too much to the airlines vis-à-vis training on the type, but I may be misremembering that.
Do SFO-OAK-SJC - The Bay Area 😊
SFO-OAK is an actual flight. They call it the Bay hopper. You see, instead of using planes, they use giant slingshots so you can fly across the bay. 😆
@@AlvinSeville1 Actually, BART services that.
Don’t forget that Newark was also part of the 9/11 attacks with one united airlines flight that never made it to it destination and La Guardia also had US airways flight 1549 that miraculously everyone survived and landed at the Hudson River
Newark has upped their security tenfold after that.
Really enjoying all of your videos. Excellent work :)
what about the miracle on the Hudson? In surprised you didn't mention it 🤔. Nice video!
I only included the worst accident involving each airport, there were no casualties in that crash
I'm surprised that I didn't hear any mention of LaGuardia's days as a marine terminal for Pan Am's flying boats of the 1930's. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_314_Clipper
I’m pretty sure they flew out of Port Washington near Sands Point and not LaGuardia.
A couple of things.
Newark is also popular because it is cheaper to fly from going to the same destination. The lower airport taxes trickle down to the ticket price.
JetBlue has its main hub at JFK as well.
JFK was tied in the customer satisfaction survey for 4th place and I like that airport the most out of the 3.
It’s weird how he didn’t mention TWA 800, which exploded after takeoff from JFK in July of 1996, heading to Paris. As a 10-year-old, I remember seeing TV footage of that when it happened.
TWA 800 (and also the EgyptAir 767) crashed much farther away from the airport than the flights mentioned at the end of the video. For whatever reasons, they are not usually associated with the airport itself.
I remember hearing rumors that TWA 800 was accidentally shot down by our military with a missile. Google it
@@anthonyvallillo422 TWA 800 was 13 minutes away from JFK when it went down. That's close.
@@johannesbols57 Only close in terms of time, at jet speeds (or at least at 250 knots most of the way). TWA 800 was well into its' enroute climb, and that portion of a flight is not usually associated with the airport, nor did the airport have anything to do with the crash. The area where it went down was nearly 70 miles from JFK.
JFK has a number of notable incident besides TWA 800 and EgyptAir 990, their was also Swiss Air flight SR 111 in 1998 which is an MD 11 that suffered an in-flight fire which nose dive on Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia with the lost of 229 passengers and crew, is another infamous flight that departed from JFK. Their are also arrivals like the 1960 New York Mid-air collision between a United DC-8 inbound to Idelwild Airport (JFK name at the time) and a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation bound for LaGuardia with 134 fatalities from both collisions and 6 on the ground, another is Eastern Airlines flight 66 in 1975 a Boeing 727 which crash on approach to runway 22 due to Microburst with 113 fatalitie and 11 survivors, which was investigated by the NTSB and Meteorologists most notably Ted Fujita which crated the F scale for tornado rating and help raise the awareness of Microburst and its dangers to low flying planes. The last crash I know of was and Avianca flight 52 a Boeing 707-321B the crash at Cove Neck, Long Island which after suffering a fuel starvation after doing a missed approach to JFK with 73 fatalities and 85 survivors from both crew and passengers in 1990.
You failed to mention that NJT connects Newark Penn and NY Penn station to Newark Airport. US 1&9, US 22, and NJ 21 also highways that directly serve Newark airport.
1:23 You forgot something more about accessing to the airports.
US 1-9 have an interchange connecting to all 3 terminals of EWR.
The Belt Pkwy passes by JFK.
LaGuardia is a newly recent renovated airport and now looks very modern. Terminal b and c look very modern. I think LaGuardia is the best out of those three.
The new renovation of the new terminals are a success, but the flights are still regional. If I were in NYC, I'd rather use LGA for domestic and nearby internatio al flights. As for long distance, JFK and EWR are both world class, but JFK is my best pick. Lastly, I can't pick Newark, even though they already made tbe new Terminal A that replaces the old one which is a nice change for EWR.
2:21 jeez that angle made it look like that uniteds horizontal stabilizer has a winglet. Now that i have that imagine engraved in my head i cant stop thinking of how weird that would look on both stabilizers and the wings LOL
Having been to all 3, I can appreciate how clean and modern EWR is. Every seat has a little touchscreen for games, internet, and ordering food.... all for a cost. But for such a massive airport, food options are terrible. When you walk through the terminal, you see..bar...bar...liquor store...bar...liquor store...bar...bar, hudson. I walked around for an hour and could not find something as simple as a coffee, not to mention anything resembling fast food (ie pizza, chinese, burgers, etc). Its too bad, because EWR has the most pleasant, and simple trip into NYC. But when I have a layover for anything more then 2 hours, I'll leave and to get something to eat
Each terminal has a pretty big food court. What's offered is excellent. And there's more on the way out to the aircrafts.
I was told that originally LaGuardia had piers to service sea planes.
Yes, Pan American's famous Clipper flying boats served La Guardia.
The old terminal became a museum and part of the JetBlue checkin area
The original terminal is now the Marine Air Terminal, also known as “MAT” and Terminal A. Right now JetBlue leases it.
I’m a native New Yorker who resides in the garden state I despise going to the big Apple , when there’s an airport right here basically in my backyard‼️🤷🏽♂️
I don't know how LaGuardia got the 'first new U.S. airport in 25 years' statistic, but it is entirely not true. They are claiming that they are the first new airport in the united states since Denver International airport opened in the 90s, which is untrue for three reasons
a. The new LaGuardia is not entirely new, it is just a rebuilt terminal, using existing runways and terminal A is staying As is. Whereas Denver was built from scratch where there was no airport before.
b. If that is the definition of 'New airport' then The completely new terminal at New Orleans's airport, which opened last year, would be the airport LaGuardia would be the first new airport since.
c. Even if LaGuardia was being built from scratch, the Last one was not Denver. In 2009, Panama City, FL opened a new airport where there was none before, and likewise in 2015, in Williston, North Dakota.
@Ron D Panama city, FL opened a completely new airport in 2010, and Williston, ND, did similarly in 2019. Auston Bergrstrom was also not completely new, because it was on the site of a former Air Force Base.
@Ron D You don't need commercial air service to constitute an airport. By the FAA's Definition, Bergstrom Air Force Base was, in fact, an airport.
@Ron D An airport is any place to operate airplanes. Any AFB that has runways is an airport, by any definition. A Military airport, to be sure, and perhaps not available to non military airplanes except in emergencies, but an airport nonetheless. Commercial service has nothing to do with whether a site is or is not an airport. If the former Bergstrom AFB was demilitarized and became a commercial airport, that does not make it a NEW airport, except in the sense of new service. The infrastructure was already there, for the most part. At best, it would be in the category of the new LGA - ie, a new terminal.
I've never heard anyone call LGA "the USS LaGuardia". Usually if we're trying to poke fun at our airports, it's Sewark and LaGarbage.
We pilots who landed there do occasionally use that nautical term, although LaGarbage is also popular among airmen!
More of an insider pilot joke than common knowledge lol
Pretty cool! I’ve dispatch planes both to and from LaGuardia and JFK. I definitely prefer JFK.
Weird how there was no mention of JetBlue-the only airline with its headquarters and primary hub in NYC
I didn't even know that..
@@quanbrooklynkid7776 They got a lot of startup funding and tax breaks to setup a hub at JFK because for domestic flights, people favored LGA (for some reason) and JFK was only being used for long haul (West Coast) and International, so the state encouraged a LCC startup to create a hub at JFK so people would start using it more (this was before a lot of the Terminal renovation at the AA and DL terminals, the airport was suffering from a 1960s design, jetBlue used the old TWA terminal and the old IM Pei National Airline terminal before they created Terminal 5 around the old TWA shell).
Also, part of the tax deal was that jetBlue had to have jet flights to Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Albany to connect to the JFK hub to restore lost her service over the years. I also think they included Burlington, VT in that so that people from Plattsburgh, NY could use it.
Yes Jetblue gang owns turf in JFK, even more than delta and American Airlines. United got booted out of jfk to Newark and La Guardia is anyone’s turf.
They want to move to Orlando.
And-- Did you know that Evil George Soros is the majority investor in Jet Blue??
Don't believe me? Google it!
I think their primary offices are in Long Island City, Queens, in NYC. Can easily get there on the 7 Train.
Please do the DC area airpots: IAD, DCA and BWI
Plans are in the works for a new Terminal B at Newark Airport.
LaGuardia doesn’t have that weird circular thing anymore and old looking buildings and dark lighted placed and low ceilings with very dirty floors. Now as of 2022 LaGuardia is bright very clean open spaces modern Lounges easy to navigate indoor trees open spaces and has many shopping spaces and a huge water feature. The airport even won a unesco award.
The one good thing about LGA is that it gave us the Miracle on the Hudson
The first commercial airport in NYC was, in fact, Floyd Bennet Field, not LaGuardia. It was opened to commercial traffic on May 23, 1931. American Airlines operated out of Floyd Bennett until LGA was built in 1939.
Hizzoner Fiorello himself pulled the stunt that led to the development of LGA. He was traveling to "New York" (using, of course, Newark airport), and when he arrived he refused to deplane, declaring that his ticket read "New York". This was factually true, since the airlines considered EWR to be the airport for NY (which it was). But hizzoner had already alerted the press ahead of time, and the airline ( I think it was TWA) decided to fly him over to Floyd Bennet, which at that time was actually a military field in Brooklyn. This stunt got the publicity ball rolling and the rest is history!
@@anthonyvallillo422 You’re partially correct. This happened in 1934 and he ended up flying into Floyd Bennett after Newark, but Floyd Bennett was a municipal airport at the time. It only became a Naval Air Station on June 2, 1941.
@@Machia52612 Newark isn’t in NYC.
Let’s go Newark. Newark is the best.
Uhh
Newark sucks.
Yeah Newark sucks but it’s my home airport so I gotta love it. At least it’s better than the waste of space known as LaGuardia
I'm EWR strong been here since November 15 2015
newark is easy to drive to at least. It's a quick 10-15 minute drive for me. Traffic is always, always worse going to La Guardia or JFK, even on their slow days.
As someone who lives west of the Hudson I prefer Newark because those bridges aren't cheap to cross!
went to LGA last month that new terminal 🔥
You skipped Long Island MacArthur Airport in Islip which is the same air traffic control area. That's a lot of traffic you've completely ignored.
They could have tried to meander for a water landing for better survival rates. The water was so close!
Nice! I just drove by Newark
Sweet!
"Reaching JFK and LaGuardia via public transportation is really easy" I love comedy
I did not know I needed this video in my life
La Guardia was once regarded as the Spirit airlines of airports. I've used it for 5 consecutive years and OMG what a fucking nightmare. At least it's upgraded now.
I have been through both Newark and LaGuardia fairly recently. I can honestly say that both are quite improved with more change to come. And big changes are coming to JFK too. It’s about time!
I loved that video. I'd like to know what is the most important routs in Newark airport? Tks
Back in the 2000s my parents went on a flight to Santiago de Los Caballeros (also in the Dominican Republic) and the American Airlines plane was struggling to go up because of the weight of luggage, I’m so glad they didn’t crash!
No, dear. Just no.
People in D.R. ...carry too many 🧳filled with🍌overloading plane🤷♂️😄
3:00 LGA is a disaster! Too many traffic jams to make it to your flight. I avoid it like the plague. Best is Newark. Unless you live in Queens or Long Island, Newark is the easiest airport to get to.
I flew from LaGuardia to Melbourne Florida via a stop in Atlanta.
LaGuardia was very kind... especially for those who came in early. For the eary travel people (Like me Received blankets from Delta)... To get warm and comfy.
As a Newark native, most people don't realize that its easier to get to the city from Newark because the Belt and the Van Wyck are parking lots. A much smaller parking lot would be one of the tunnels or the GWB. Or if you're rich, just go to Teterboro and avoid the madness altogether.🤦🏾♂️🤣
Newark. Delays for no apparent reason.
JFK. 3 hour away, if you are lucky
LaGuardia. Traffic traffic traffic
Good video! You should do LA vs Orange County vs San Diego.
Thank you -Very informative
3:26 - "The exception is flights to Denver and [what?]."
Saturday flights
@@savagecabbageboi6491 - Thanks.
the LGA reconstruction is a challenge.
Can you really trust a Chicago Geographer to give info about NYC?
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Great vid dawg
6:35 Love Field Airport in Dallas, TX is the finest airport in the country.
I’m surprised you didn’t touch on Sully landing in the Hudson. And Also, didn’t Flight 93 originate from Newark on 9/11?
I'd love to see an update now that LGA's update is just about finished and JFK's is well underway. I wonder how the new facilities will compare to each other as well as nationally and worldwide.
Can you do an Iowan one? (DSM vs SUX vs CID)
JetBlue's hub is also at Kennedy.
Fun fact: JFK actually has 8 passenger terminals :/
I worked at all three airports during the 1970’s and 80’s,got laid off at EWR and went to JFK. living in Jersey and commuting every day really wears you out. I was there for the blackout, the Eastern 727 crash and the LH theft that was on the movie Goodfellows. At LGA which was in 80’s nothing really happened but at lease I could say I worked at all three airports, the bad part was hours it cost me and the tax from NYC. I was laid off 7 times in my 34 year career at United but wouldn’t change a thing, from 1969 to 2003.
Just a thought...but I think I speak for all of us when I say we could have done well without the accident part.
I agree. It's disaster porn to create fear and increase clicks. It is simple amateurism.
lots of great facts. try london heathrow-london gatwick
Could you do PHL Vs ACY?
Directly Adjacent to JFK Is the USPS International Mail Processing center. It if has a Customs Form, it goes through JFK.
You did a very nice job with this video.
Thanks!
RIP Islip
Just remember one thing, before ALL the commercial airports came to town, NEWARK airport was the FIRST commercial airport in the world, and has been in the biz way before any of the rest were built, including JFK and LAG. The OG Commercial Airport: NEWARK LIBERTY
I took a flight recently from Newark to JFK. It was relatively a short trip, but it was still an interstate flight. 🙂
@Jim Allen parachutes 😆
@Jim Allen well I did have a connecting flight at La Guardia airporr.
@Jim Allen There are NO scheduled flights between JFK and EWR.
@Jim Allen No. There never were any. The only commercial flights that happen between the three are repositioning flights, but they have no passengers. EWR to PHL, and LGA to PHL was thing though, pre-pandemic. Different city pairs.
Pilots call LaGuardia ‘La Garbage’, not La Aircraft carrier
stewart airport in hudson valley had nonstop flights to iceland
You should do a video about LAX/BUR.
Great view
Do MIA and FLL! The Miami-Metro area
JFK: Steve
LaGuardia: Cptn. Sully saves the day!
Newark: Worst airport in the world according to Sam from Wendover.
I’m surprised that they didn’t mention Miracle on the Hudson!
you should do a chicago vs new york video
An amusing fun fact, JFK is home to the worlds single busisiest flight path, JFK-HEA. It’s why the Concordes were based out of JFK, it’s a business heavy well trafficked flight
Why does LGA have 4 terminals? Seems a bit much
Wait LaGuardia is 21st busiest in world and JFK is 20th busiest but with twice the passenger volume. Something does not sound right.
JFK is the world’s 20th busiest by passenger movement, but the busiest in the world by aircraft movements. LGA is the 21st busiest in the United States.
Flying today just isn't what it used to be... how sad
ideas for videos: KIAH and KHOU, KDAL and KDFW, finally KBWI DCA and IAD
You should do SFO, OAK, SJC. Also LAX, SNA, LGB, BUR, ONT.